sartorius

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The fascia having been next divided, the edge of the sartorius is to be turned aside, and now the pulsation of the artery in its sheath will indicate its exact position.

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  1. noun A flat narrow thigh muscle, the longest of the human anatomy, crossing the front of the thigh obliquely from the hip to the inner side of the tibia.

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  • The sartorius, the vas deferens, the symphysis pubis...I'm sweating rivers but my hands are cold and clumsy. —  EBSCOhost
  • The spot where it goes under the sartorius is the one selected for the application of the ligature. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
  • The steps of the operation performed at the situation W, where the artery is about to pass beneath the sartorius, are these: an incision of sufficient length--from two to three inches--is to be made over the course of the vessel, so as to divide the skin and adipose membrane, and expose the fascia lata, through which the inner edge of the sartorius muscle becomes now readily discernible. —  Surgical Anatomy
  • The fascia having been next divided, the edge of the sartorius is to be turned aside, and now the pulsation of the artery in its sheath will indicate its exact position. —  Surgical Anatomy
  • The sartorius is one of the fleshy landmarks of the thigh, as the biceps is of the arm, and the sterno-cleido-mastoid of the neck. —  A Practical Physiology
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  1. New Latin, from Late Latin sartor, tailor (from its producing the cross-legged position of a tailor at work), from sartus, past participle of sarcīre, to mend.

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  1. New Latin, from Latin sartor, a tailor: see sartor.
 

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